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our brown brothers and sisters. they were black, brown, white. we started on the indian reservation. it is always fascinating to look at america through the lens of the original people. very important starting point. the original people. [applause] we began with the notion that poor people are priceless and precious. each individual has the dignity that ought to be affirmed. and what did we see? we saw the results of a system in place that has been driven by corporate greed at the top with oligarchs ruling and politicians rotating with money coming from the big bank, big corporations pushing working people to the margins and rendering poor people superfluous, which is to say either unnecessary, or in the great metaphor of ralph ellison, invisible. anytime you talk about poor people, you have to talk about the larger systemic context. how could it be that the top 400 individuals have wells equivalent to the bottom 150 million fellow citizens -- well -- wealth equivalent to the bottom 150 million a fellow citizens? there is something sick about tha
our brown brothers and sisters. they were black, brown, white. we started on the indian reservation. it is always fascinating to look at america through the lens of the original people. very important starting point. the original people. [applause] we began with the notion that poor people are priceless and precious. each individual has the dignity that ought to be affirmed. and what did we see? we saw the results of a system in place that has been driven by corporate greed at the top with...
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with that, madam speaker, i ask all my colleagues to >> in a few moments, california governor jerry brown state of the state address and "washington journal is live at 7:00 eastern. several live political events to tell you about today including two in charleston, south carolina gop presidential candidate rep ron paul speaks at the college of charleston at 11:00 a.m. eastern. at 2:00 p.m. eastern, the southern republican leadership conference meeting in charleston coast's presidential candidate rick santorum. come off former presidential candidate herman cain and tony perkins and we are covering present obama's campaign speech tonight at the apollo theater in new york city at 9:30 eastern. [video clip] >> only those who have shown the result to defend freedom of the west can be trusted to safeguarded in the challenging turbulence and unpredictable times that lie ahead [applause] mr. president, the decade and a center which opened up before us must see the lasting triumph of liberty, a common cause. the world needs this and britain needs us. >> nicknamed the iron lady in 1976, margaret tha
with that, madam speaker, i ask all my colleagues to >> in a few moments, california governor jerry brown state of the state address and "washington journal is live at 7:00 eastern. several live political events to tell you about today including two in charleston, south carolina gop presidential candidate rep ron paul speaks at the college of charleston at 11:00 a.m. eastern. at 2:00 p.m. eastern, the southern republican leadership conference meeting in charleston coast's...
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. >> thank you, senator brown. >> we all know the consumer financial protection bureau with a key component of the dodd- frank act and it took time to put a director in place so that will be sufficient. i appreciate your coming today and i appreciate your family being here with you. for too long, americans have fallen victim to financial abuses at the hands of predatory lenders that operate with impunity and outside of consumer finance laws and away from regulatory oversight. payday lenders to banish the people in north carolina for many years until after considerable legislation and litigation, we put a stop to the practice. i am optimistic that with the confirmed director in place, we can start to rein in of predatory lenders in parts of the country where they continue to pray on american families outside the regulatory environment. offices within the bureau have already embarked on important work and once again to as a time to put a director in place to support these offices. the office of service members affairs was set up within the bureau to ensure that military personnel and their fa
. >> thank you, senator brown. >> we all know the consumer financial protection bureau with a key component of the dodd- frank act and it took time to put a director in place so that will be sufficient. i appreciate your coming today and i appreciate your family being here with you. for too long, americans have fallen victim to financial abuses at the hands of predatory lenders that operate with impunity and outside of consumer finance laws and away from regulatory oversight. payday...
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>> i have questions that i will submit for the record. >> senator brown? >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member shelby, thank you. in a moment i will have the honor of introducing richard cordray, a devoted family man, a distinguished lawyer, advocate of a public servant. i will hold that until right before he gives his testimony. we should not have to remind our colleagues that just three years ago our economy was on the brink of collapse. millions of americans lost their jobs. hundreds of thousands of people in my state lost their homes. people all over the country lost much of their retirement security. hundreds of banks failed and thousands of businesses have been shattered. this committee was forced to take extraordinary actions. this was a man-made catastrophe that could have been avoided if we had a better regulatory system but the network of agencies tasked with protecting consumers was full of holes. ohio was to slow for meaningful protections -- efforts to convince federal regulators to act were ignored until too late. just three years after the near depressio
>> i have questions that i will submit for the record. >> senator brown? >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member shelby, thank you. in a moment i will have the honor of introducing richard cordray, a devoted family man, a distinguished lawyer, advocate of a public servant. i will hold that until right before he gives his testimony. we should not have to remind our colleagues that just three years ago our economy was on the brink of collapse. millions of americans lost their...
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was in [unintelligible] when i was growing up as a kid we used to hate for -- i used to pay to the browns, but now i just feel bad for them. >> you are so mature. how are you? >> high. nice to meet you. do you like waffles? i sure like waffles, too. >> thank you very much. very nice to me you. >> i will work my way back. [unintelligible] >> hi, nice to meet you. >> hello, everybody. good to have you here. nice to see a. -- see you. [unintelligible] >> a pork-barrel spender -- on- camera of? >> it is simple. i voted and was very active on entitlement reform, the area where the big budget deficits are. that differentiated me from the senator john mccain. hi actively went out. john mccain focused on a small area of spending called earmarks that is not going to solve the deficit problems. i supported, but it will not solve budget problems. the budget problems are taking on entitlement programs, which many members of congress did not do, and i did. >> how are you. congratulations on your way and in iowa. >> thank you. >> this is my best wife, priscilla. >> your best wife? how are you? >> when
was in [unintelligible] when i was growing up as a kid we used to hate for -- i used to pay to the browns, but now i just feel bad for them. >> you are so mature. how are you? >> high. nice to meet you. do you like waffles? i sure like waffles, too. >> thank you very much. very nice to me you. >> i will work my way back. [unintelligible] >> hi, nice to meet you. >> hello, everybody. good to have you here. nice to see a. -- see you. [unintelligible] >> a...
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finally, how is governor brown doing in california? >> we will see what happens this year. he has suggested that the people of california want to be taxed higher. he wants to put that on the ballot. if that does not succeed, the polls suggest it will not, then he will have the plot form to talk about -- the platform to talk about spending restraint. we are broke in california. my hope is in washington, d.c., we do not follow the california direction. at some point in time, you have to admit you are broke and do something about it. >> republican of california. here in statuary hall. and now to new york city. the upper east side of that city, carolyn maloney. longtime resident. how did the president do? >> i thought he was magnificent. he had a unifying theme, cholera among republicans and democrats to work together, to build a blueprint for a better economy for america. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> mitt romney release some of his tax records today. we will speak with martin sullivan of tax
finally, how is governor brown doing in california? >> we will see what happens this year. he has suggested that the people of california want to be taxed higher. he wants to put that on the ballot. if that does not succeed, the polls suggest it will not, then he will have the plot form to talk about -- the platform to talk about spending restraint. we are broke in california. my hope is in washington, d.c., we do not follow the california direction. at some point in time, you have to...
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as more of these brown trucks are going green, more city buses should, too. let's offer new tax incentives to help companies buy more clean trucks like these. [applause] ofrd, let's make sure all the new trucks running on natural gas have places to refuel. that is one of the biggest impediments. technology, we know how to do. we know how to make these trucks but if they don't have a place to pull in, we have problems. we are going to keep working with the private sector to develop of 25 natural gas corridors along our highways that have natural gas fueling stations between cities. this is like the ones used by ups. these are open between los angeles and salt lake city. that is a great start. [applause] now, one of these trucks can go from long beach all the way to solving city and they will be able to refuel along the way. finally, to keep america on the cutting edge, i want my energy secretary to launch a new competition that encourages our brightest scientists and engineers and entrepreneur is to discover new breakthroughs for natural gas. we will keep work
as more of these brown trucks are going green, more city buses should, too. let's offer new tax incentives to help companies buy more clean trucks like these. [applause] ofrd, let's make sure all the new trucks running on natural gas have places to refuel. that is one of the biggest impediments. technology, we know how to do. we know how to make these trucks but if they don't have a place to pull in, we have problems. we are going to keep working with the private sector to develop of 25 natural...
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even if it is rerouted a brown nebraska, it almost certainly still go through the offer, endangering water supplies for 2 million americans. the state department analysis indicates the shifting from crude oil would increase carbon pollution. these are risks. there are real and serious. the oil companies are also real. they will finally be able to export it to asia. the benefits for americans are less clear. how many jobs with the pipeline generate according to the state department's analysis? >> the economic analysis and consideration is part of the review we had been doing that was cut short with the deadline we face. the final statements we approximate said based on the work crews that would be used to build a pipeline comment that 5000 to 6000 of the needed per year for two years. >> the oil industry has been saying it would pre 20,000. there are many of us supporting those claims. have they cemented information? have the oil companies challenged the data? >> we had a lot of challenges. >> let me get back to my time. the washington post claimed that this would create tens of thous
even if it is rerouted a brown nebraska, it almost certainly still go through the offer, endangering water supplies for 2 million americans. the state department analysis indicates the shifting from crude oil would increase carbon pollution. these are risks. there are real and serious. the oil companies are also real. they will finally be able to export it to asia. the benefits for americans are less clear. how many jobs with the pipeline generate according to the state department's analysis?...
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brown asked a question about mitt romney's father, he was booed. mitt romney grandfather in 1935 fled this country with his five wives to move to mexico, and basically denounced the country. mitt romney's father was born in mexico. i remember obama was running, it was all this stuff going on about his being a birther and stuff like that. it seems to me that of romney's have a more questionable background. is he a citizen or not? host: before we get the answer, where did you read that information's? caller: i heard it on the right to maddow show. guest: i think barack obama is a citizen and mitt romney is a citizen. you're not responsible for which your grandparents are great grandparents did, obviously. i think it is a non-issue, frankly. host: lisa, an independent, you're next. caller: my comment was about the tax disclosure. i believe that the 20% of unemployed people in this country who have to allow a potential employer to look at their credit report is just as wrong as the people who think that is an invasion of romney's privacy to disclose hi
brown asked a question about mitt romney's father, he was booed. mitt romney grandfather in 1935 fled this country with his five wives to move to mexico, and basically denounced the country. mitt romney's father was born in mexico. i remember obama was running, it was all this stuff going on about his being a birther and stuff like that. it seems to me that of romney's have a more questionable background. is he a citizen or not? host: before we get the answer, where did you read that...
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racism, we have to look at what racism is in our racist policies in the wars of aggression abroad on the brown people of the world as well as here at home with the war on drugs and the prison industrial complex. dr. ron paul is the only one who has been honestly speaking out against both those racist policies. i also want to say i believe the antiwar movement in this country is racist in that for the years of the bush administration, beijing these wars of aggression and torture. they adamantly called for his impeachment and i believe rightly so. since the obama administration has come in and has been carrying out the same policies and even more so, the african- american president and africans in libya, and the anti-war movement will not apply the same standard of calling for impeachment. if applying double standards based on race, that is racism. >> thanks so much. in connecticut. >> what a nail biter. i cannot believe how many time flipped.y have rick santorum does not have the money or the legs to go past south carolina. ron paul stays steady at 21%, i do not see him going beyond that. mitt
racism, we have to look at what racism is in our racist policies in the wars of aggression abroad on the brown people of the world as well as here at home with the war on drugs and the prison industrial complex. dr. ron paul is the only one who has been honestly speaking out against both those racist policies. i also want to say i believe the antiwar movement in this country is racist in that for the years of the bush administration, beijing these wars of aggression and torture. they adamantly...